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KNIGHTS, JESUITS, CARNIVAL, AND THE INQUISITION IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MALTA*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2012

EMANUEL BUTTIGIEG
EMANUEL BUTTIGIEG*
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University of Malta
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Department of History, University of Malta, Msida, MSD2080, Malta[email protected]
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Abstract

Between 1530 and 1798, Malta, the southernmost tip of Catholic Europe, was home to the military-religious Order of St John (of Malta). This organization traced its origins to the years just before the beginning of the crusades in late eleventh-century Palestine. From Malta, the Order sought to keep up its dual mission of hospitality (hence the appellative of hospitallers) and fighting the infidel Muslim at sea. From 1592 to 1768 the Society of Jesus was present in this Catholic outpost from where it supported the mission of the Order and sought to remould hospitaller piety. The relationship between these two organizations had ramifications that spread beyond tiny Malta, both because of the issues that arose between them, as well as because of the international composition of the Order and the Society. The Carnival of 1639 proved to be a defining moment in this relationship; though generally passed over as a ‘temporary disturbance’ this article emphasizes that it was more than this by looking at the dynamics of the links between hospitallers, Jesuits, the Inquisition, and Carnival. This article is based on a wider range of sources than previous studies, which will help to bring out the nuances of the subject under investigation.

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The Historical Journal , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , September 2012 , pp. 571 - 596
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I am grateful to Mary Laven, Frans Ciappara, Charles Dalli, and Camilla Russell for their comments on earlier drafts of this article. Thanks also to Father Anton Azzopardi SJ, Tara Alberts, Adrian Scerri, and Emanuele Colombo who helped out with specific queries.

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